Got onto the water about 1:00 in my fishing tube.  After reading the fishing reports on Holmes (thank you), I started out with a rattle trap, and caught a few along the dam and the lily pads.  By the way, changing out to sharper/bigger hooks on Traps makes a big difference with fish staying hooked.

Enjoyed watching the blue-wing teal buzzing the pond, and just relaxing in the summer breeze, happy to have half of my body in the water. 

Before I left for Holmes, I decided to take out my Dad’s old tackle box and take a few lures from it.  Dad’s been gone several years now, but I remember him saying about hunting and fishing gear, “use it or give it away”, so I picked out a couple of old Heddon Chugger Spooks and took them with me.

It was about 3:30, and I wasn’t really too tired or hot, but I wanted to get going for some dove hunting later that day.  On the way in to the launch, I tied up one of my Dad’s black/white Chuggers and tossed it up near the dam by the launch.  BAM!!!, within 2 seconds a 3 pounder latched onto it.  I saw another one swirl about 6’ away, so threw there next, and BAM again, this one even larger.  This happened 5 out of the next 7 casts!  It was amazing the concentration of big fish in that one area.  A few minutes later I pulled my tube out of the water and loaded up to leave. I’m sure that Chugger was at least as old as I was, and hadn’t seen the water in 25 of those years.  With my Dad’s Chugger in one hand, and a cold drink in the other, I could feel him smiling down in the hot afternoon sun. 

It was a good day no matter how you slice it.